. /.  WORLD TRADE  
ORGANIZATION   
G/TBT/N/CHE/144 
21 February 2012  
 (12-1006) 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade Original:   English 
  
 
NOTIFICATION 
 
The following notification is being circ ulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  SWITZERLAND  
If applicable, name of local governme nt involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  Federal Office of Public Health 
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
State Secretariat for Economic Affairs 
Non-tariff Measures Division Holzikofenweg 36 CH-3003 Berne Fax +41 31 324 09 58 
E-mail:  tbt@seco.admin.ch  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading. 
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Active substances  
- Abamectin (CAS N° 71751-41-2, 65195-55-3, 65195-56-4) 
- Bacillus thuringien sis subsp. israelensis Serotype H14, Strain AM65-52 
- Creosote (CAS N° 8001-58-9) - Deltamethrin  (CAS N° 52918-63-5 ) - Fipronil (CAS N° 120068-37-3) 
- Imidacloprid (CAS N° 138261-41-3) 
- Lambda- Cyhalothrin  (CAS N° 91465-08-6) - 4,5-Dichloro- 2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (CAS N° 64359-81-5) 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Draft of Ordinance of 
the Federal Office of Public Health (OFOPH) concerning the inscription of active substances for the use in biocidal products according to the annexe 1 of the Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal 
Products (OBP); (10 pages; available in  German, French and Italian)     G/TBT/N/CHE/144 
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  6. Description of content:  According to art. 9 paragraph 2 letter a of the present OBP the 
Federal Office of Public Health is the competent authority to amend the List I of active 
substances for inclusion in biocidal products according to Annex 1, corresponding to Annex I 
of Directive 98/8/EC. With the OFOPH the following 8 active substances will amend List I:  
- Abamectin (product type 18) 
- Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. israel ensis Serotype H14, Strain AM65-52 
 (product type 18) 
- Creosote (product type 8) - Deltamethrin (product type 18) - Fipronil (product type 18) - Imidacloprid (product type 18) - Lambda- Cyhalothrin (product type 18) 
- 4,5-Dichloro-2-octyl-2H-isothiazol-3-one (product type 8) 
7. Objective and rationale, including the na ture of urgent problems where applicable:  
Protection of public health and of the enviro nment. Harmonisation with legislation of 
Switzerland's main trading partners.  
8. Relevant documents:   Swiss Ordinance on Biocidal Products (SR 813.12), available in 
French, German and Italian.   
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    - 
15 April 2012 
10. Final date for comments:  10 April 2012 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [X], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:  
http://members.wto.org/crnatt achments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_0665_00_F.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_0665_00_x.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crna ttachments/2012/tbt/CHE/12_0665_00_x2.pdf